vibrator

From New Latin vibrator, from Latin vibrare (“to vibrate”); see vibrate.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vaɪˈbɹeɪtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪbɹeɪtɚ/, [ˈvaɪ̯bɹeɪ̯ɾɚ]
• Hyphenation: vi‧bra‧tor
• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

vibrator (plural vibrators)

1. A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
   1. A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.

      They recommend a vibrator because it's a safe alternative to sex.

   2. A device designed to electromechanically interrupt current flowing to the step-up transformer which was used to generate the high tension positive supply in old battery operated (automotive) valve radios.
   3. A trembler, as of an electric bell.
   4. A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system.
   5. A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper.
   6. An oscillator.
   7. An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion.
   8. A vibrating reed in a musical instrument, especially a reed organ.
   9. (weaving) Any of various vibrating devices, such as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens.
   10. An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a moulding machine to shake the pattern loose.

• master vibrator

• vibrate
• vibrant
• vibration

• vibrator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vibrator in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

vibrātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of vibrō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of vibrō